Well, it's cold in New York. As in most of the rest of the country, as far as I can tell. So unfortunately, the much awaited SG dinner out did not materialize. But maybe later.... we'll see.
I saw two movies in the last two days - tonight I saw The Fog of War, and yesterday I saw Big Fish. The Fog of War was really interesting, it's basically a conversation between Errol Morris ('The Thin Blue Line', 'Fast, Crazy and Out of Control') and Robert MacNamara, former secretary of defense under Kennedy and Johnson, and the man who some people refer to as "the architect of the vietnam war." He talked a lot about his own personal history and how that ended up manifesting in his position to try and minimize US involvement in Vietnam - but how that never actually happened. While I do feel that he spends part of the movie trying to make it look like he's a nice guy (as opposed to his image) I can relate in other ways - there were historical forces larger than him pushing the US to go to war, and it would have been very hard for anyone at that time to resist them. Definitely worth seeing though - it's a rare moment when you hear a high government official admit some of the military mistakes they're responsible for, and even that "had we lost world war 2, [he] would have been tried as a war criminal" for what he and Curtis LeMay did to Japan.
Big Fish was an altogether different kind of movie. I went with K. (our second date) after having dinner together. It was nice to see her again, and we seemed to get along pretty well. She has a great (read: evil) sense of humor, kind of like mine, and the two of us seem to feed off of each other, so we spent a good portion of the movie laughing at inappropriate times. But all in all, I enjoyed it. A friend of mine told me "these days, we're all so jaded that it's hard to just sit back and appreciate a sweet and sincere movie" and I think that applies to this film. All except for the very ending, which I didn't care for. But the rest was good.
After the date we parted ways, as she has a (real, unlike me) job that starts at 9am and it was a school night. With shy girls like her I have the hardest time getting a good read on whether she's having a good time or not. We had a little kiss at the subway station that was vaguely reminiscent of high school dating. It was fairly pathetic, I think we both felt slightly awkward, I don't know why. She's out of town for the weekend and is supposed to call me when she gets back on Monday.
Tomorrow night I'm going wine tasting with C. which I'm also looking forward to. The theme is "Bordeaux" which means lots of strong, red wine. My kind of thing. Even if it means a painful Friday morning. But c'est la vie (la vin?) (I'm a dork.)
I'm hoping it gets a bit warmer though, this weather is starting to cramp my style, I haven't been to the gym in almost a week because it's too cold in the morning.
I saw two movies in the last two days - tonight I saw The Fog of War, and yesterday I saw Big Fish. The Fog of War was really interesting, it's basically a conversation between Errol Morris ('The Thin Blue Line', 'Fast, Crazy and Out of Control') and Robert MacNamara, former secretary of defense under Kennedy and Johnson, and the man who some people refer to as "the architect of the vietnam war." He talked a lot about his own personal history and how that ended up manifesting in his position to try and minimize US involvement in Vietnam - but how that never actually happened. While I do feel that he spends part of the movie trying to make it look like he's a nice guy (as opposed to his image) I can relate in other ways - there were historical forces larger than him pushing the US to go to war, and it would have been very hard for anyone at that time to resist them. Definitely worth seeing though - it's a rare moment when you hear a high government official admit some of the military mistakes they're responsible for, and even that "had we lost world war 2, [he] would have been tried as a war criminal" for what he and Curtis LeMay did to Japan.
Big Fish was an altogether different kind of movie. I went with K. (our second date) after having dinner together. It was nice to see her again, and we seemed to get along pretty well. She has a great (read: evil) sense of humor, kind of like mine, and the two of us seem to feed off of each other, so we spent a good portion of the movie laughing at inappropriate times. But all in all, I enjoyed it. A friend of mine told me "these days, we're all so jaded that it's hard to just sit back and appreciate a sweet and sincere movie" and I think that applies to this film. All except for the very ending, which I didn't care for. But the rest was good.
After the date we parted ways, as she has a (real, unlike me) job that starts at 9am and it was a school night. With shy girls like her I have the hardest time getting a good read on whether she's having a good time or not. We had a little kiss at the subway station that was vaguely reminiscent of high school dating. It was fairly pathetic, I think we both felt slightly awkward, I don't know why. She's out of town for the weekend and is supposed to call me when she gets back on Monday.
Tomorrow night I'm going wine tasting with C. which I'm also looking forward to. The theme is "Bordeaux" which means lots of strong, red wine. My kind of thing. Even if it means a painful Friday morning. But c'est la vie (la vin?) (I'm a dork.)
I'm hoping it gets a bit warmer though, this weather is starting to cramp my style, I haven't been to the gym in almost a week because it's too cold in the morning.
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Looking forward to the eventual SGNY dinner. I think you're going to have to get people to really pin down some RSVPs. Have you heard minimalism's story?
I practice taoist (daoist) meditation, as well as some more traditional western practices. The chem/bio study of the changes that happen as a result of a change in the rate of breathing is fascinating.
Well, I'm in a radically differnt discipine, but I could probably give some advice about the job interview process, and of course, office politics